And finally, set your goals and learn something new everyday. 

Why have a feast for only one night (and share that feast with the tax collector, hard money lenders, realtors, etc), when you can have someone pack you a nice lunch every day, all for yourself? 

Every day, there are more and more apartment buildings going up (20+ units) Any ideas on how to get into this market?

thanks dimitri,dave and brandon i look forward to all the good info from this site everydayhi ben i am about 8 hrs from you i love following your blog posts every day thank you for all you do helping other investors.i would love to come to lima sometime to have lunch.also to all the people that said they would like to start a bp meetup i will email you and find out what works best

I want to occupy the real estate sales industry as my whole career, i want to start off selling homes for a broker until I have enough funds to live , invest, and sale on my own, or maybe become a broker myself. it's the only thing i can picture myself doing everyday for the rest of my life, and truly believe my passion and happiness lies within RE sales and investing.      

Every day I learn something new, but I don't get to post a lot because I usually look at the site on my Android device.

I know there are people on BP every day wanting to know about the development business, etc.

I am currently a full-time employee of DirecTV, so i get to travel to all areas of the Chicago market all day, everyday.

We have 2 children Elias 2yrs old and Leilana 5yrs old, and they go to work with me everyday!!

@Dmitriy - did NOT say write check to yourself my friend - I said write a check, which would be to seller - and your observation that loan can not be taken is in direct contradiction to self directed IRA structure - please see video on link above also FYI - we have investors doing this every day, so setting up your self directed IRA with checkbook (as the expression goes) does NOT delete the custodian, it only positions the custodian so that you do not need his/her permission to go to the bathroom - si ?